Police are investigating after a man was assaulted outside a Hornchurch pub in the early hours of the morning.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police were called at around 2.20am today (October 27) to a pub in North Street with reports of an assault outside the venue. 

At the scene, the victim was discovered with facial injuries sustained during the incident. 

A Met spokesperson has revealed that the injured man had been hit with a gas canister. 

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An investigation is ongoing into the circumstances and there has yet to be an arrest made. 

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting CAD 142/27OCT.

The London Ambulance Service has been contacted for a comment.